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Interestingly enough, according to the country’s constitution, the impeachment of the former Paraguayan leader does not make him ineligible; in other words if he wishes, Lugo could run for President…
The underlying reason for this assertion is the gaps in development within Guangdong province, China's largest provincial economy by aggregate GDP. Since the instigation of ‘reform and opening up’ policies…
FPC Senior Research Associate William Gumede sets out some his concerns around increasing Chinese control of key South African resources and advises diversifying its sources of investment from other emerging…
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FPC Senior Research Associate Firdevs Robinson gives a detailed and wide ranging account of the current challenges facing the long-running attempts to resolve the division and separation of Cyprus. She…
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Mr. Cameron described the war-torn Somalia as a “complex jigsaw puzzle.” It is indeed a difficult and unpredictable country with many parallels with Afghanistan. Western intelligence experts now fear that…
The opposition, despite having received several "gifts" from the government, such as the ministerial scandals, continues as in 2011, without speech or messages, with nothing concrete to say and deeply…
In today’s age of global austerity and insecurity, UK development policy is arguably more critical than ever in reasserting Britain’s confidence at home and abroad. The Labour governments of Tony…
FPC Senior Research Associate gives her analysis of Turkey’s role on the international stage and as a leading player in the evolving map of the Middle East. She notes Turkey’s…
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Read on February 2, the 2012 Message was one of the largest ever sent. With 467 pages, it positively evaluated the government's achievements adopted so far for the various areas…
As part of the FPC’s new Israel and Palestine after the Arab Spring essay series Dr Toby Green and Prof Alan Johnson from BICOM (Alan is also a longstanding FPC…
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